NewsMan
03-12-2003, 12:09 AM
We know about his swimming ability and we have seen him look equally as
formidable as the face of Pierre Cardin. Now meet Grant Hackett, outstanding
TV special comments man.
The 1500 metres world champion had never done commentary work before but got
his first chance in Melbourne on Sunday night when Fox Sports invited him
help call his favourite event after he was forced to miss it because of last
week's health scare in Sydney.
Not only did Hackett jump at the chance, but he proved to be so good at the
caper that Fox dropped a scheduled commercial break midway through the race
so viewers could hear more of what he had to say. Which was no mean effort
considering that the absence of Hackett threatened to turn the race into
very much a ho-hum affair. But the eloquent and knowledgeable 23-year-old
stunned even his co-commentators John Casey and Nicole Livingstone,
explaining the race tactics, at which points of the gruelling event the
different types of pain kick in and even rattling off most of the swimmers'
personal-best splits as if they were his own.
And we even learned something new about the champ himself - he revealed that
during his races, he can even distinguish his sweat from the water. Channel
Nine already has Hackett on its payroll as one of its stable of sports
stars. Given the events of Sunday night, it would seem the network will have
more in store for him when he eventually retires from the sport.....
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Details:
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/12/01/1070127348486.html
More news:
http://www.auspaytv.com.au/forums/ipdl.php
***
On cable TV they have a weather channel - 24 hours of weather. We had
something like that where I grew up. We called it a window.
-- Dan Spencer
formidable as the face of Pierre Cardin. Now meet Grant Hackett, outstanding
TV special comments man.
The 1500 metres world champion had never done commentary work before but got
his first chance in Melbourne on Sunday night when Fox Sports invited him
help call his favourite event after he was forced to miss it because of last
week's health scare in Sydney.
Not only did Hackett jump at the chance, but he proved to be so good at the
caper that Fox dropped a scheduled commercial break midway through the race
so viewers could hear more of what he had to say. Which was no mean effort
considering that the absence of Hackett threatened to turn the race into
very much a ho-hum affair. But the eloquent and knowledgeable 23-year-old
stunned even his co-commentators John Casey and Nicole Livingstone,
explaining the race tactics, at which points of the gruelling event the
different types of pain kick in and even rattling off most of the swimmers'
personal-best splits as if they were his own.
And we even learned something new about the champ himself - he revealed that
during his races, he can even distinguish his sweat from the water. Channel
Nine already has Hackett on its payroll as one of its stable of sports
stars. Given the events of Sunday night, it would seem the network will have
more in store for him when he eventually retires from the sport.....
--
Details:
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/12/01/1070127348486.html
More news:
http://www.auspaytv.com.au/forums/ipdl.php
***
On cable TV they have a weather channel - 24 hours of weather. We had
something like that where I grew up. We called it a window.
-- Dan Spencer